Display holder



Sept. 2 1924. L 1,507,078

D. a. MACKIE I DISPLAY HOLDER Filed June 11. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l UT? NBYE Sept. 2 1924.

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Patented Sept. 2, 1924.

UNITED STATES DUNCAN 1B. IACKIE, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ABBIGNOB '10 BENJ'AIIN ELECTRIC PATENT ormca.

KEG. COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 01 ILLIIOIS.

DISPLAY HOLDER.

Application filed June 11, 1923. Serial Io. 844,588.

To all whomz'tmay mm:

Be it known that I, DUNCAN B. MACKIE, a citizen of the United States, residin at Chic 0, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, andexact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to shipping containers and to, display holders for electrical devices. One of the obi'ects of my invention is to provide a disp ay holder for such electrical devices as are provided with Edison screw plug portions which will hold the plug portion of such electrical devices with its axis parallel to the outer face, or

faces, of the holder so that the device will be displa ed to advantage, and at the same time hol the screw plug portion of an additional number of such devices in the same manner and separated from each other within the body of the holder, from which they may be removed to replace those on the outside, as the latter are sold and removed.

A further ob'ect of my invention is to provide such a isplay holder ascanbefilled at the place of manufacture with a definite number of such electrical devices and will hold the devices in such a way that they may be readily shipped without damage that mi ht otherwise be caused by reason of said evices knocking against each other in transit and enablin them, on their arrival, to be immediateIy placed on display and sold with a minimum of labor in unpackingi Anot er object of my invention is to provide such a display holder which can be folded flat for shipment and storage until such time as it is to be filled with the devices. Further objects will appear in the detailed description following and from the appended claims. In the drawings, in which an embodiment of my invention is shown- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined shipping container and display holder;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the container Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from Fi 5 is a pldn view of the blank from whic the support for the inside plugs is formed; and,

Fi 6 is a plan view of the blank from whlc the holder for the outside plugs is formed.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the construction shown therein comprises a pedestal or body ortion 11, formed from the blank of material (Fig. 4), such as cardboard, of such shape and so creased and bent along the dotted lines 13 as to form the frustum of a pyramid and havin a flap portion 14 which may be folded un er and secured by glue or otherwise to the o posite side of said blank. In the lateral aces of sald frustum and near the upper and smaller portion thereof are horizontal slits 15 through which extend the ear ortions 16 of the holder for the outside plugs 17.

The holder for the outside plu s 17 is formed from a blank of material ig. 6), such as cardboard, com rising a body portion of such size and s a as to conform to the inner periphery oi the frustum at the line of the slits 15 and having ear portions 16 extending outwardly and through the slits 15 and creased and bent along the dotted line 19 upwardly at right angles to the lateral ,faces of the frustum. The ear portions 16 are each provided with an aper- 'tll'e 18 adapted to snugly receive the thread- -e filug 20 of the electrical device 21.

e support for the inside plugs is formed from a blank of material (Fig. 5), such as cardboard, comprising a body ortion 22 of such size and shape as to conf drm to the inner peripher of the frustum at a suitable distance a ove the lower edge to allow sufiicient room for the devices which it is intended to hold and having flat portions 24 bent downward on the dotted lines 23 and secured by glue or otherwise to the inside lateral faces of the frustum. The body portion 22 is provided with suitably spaced apertures 25, similar to the apertures 20 in the ear portions 16.

The use of the device is obvious from the description of the construction. The blanks from which the body portion or pedestal, the support for the inside plugs and the holder for the outside plugs are formed, may be stored flat and readily assembled when desired for use. The screw plug portion of the electrical devices are screwed into the ear portions of the holder for the outside plugs and are thus held with then axes parallel to the lateral faces of the frustum in position advantageous for dlsplay, the display holder being set in a d1splay w1ndow or upon a counter, or in any suitable place where it will attract attention. The screw plug portions of an additional number of the electrical devices are screwed mto the holes in the support for the inside plugs where they are'held securely in a vertical position, concealed from view and free from all contact with each other or with other portions of the display holder, until they may be removed from time to time to replace the electrical devices held on the outside of the display holder as the latter are sold and removed. Thus the display holder also serves as a suitable container in which to ship any number of screw plug electrical devices which it may be constructed to accommodate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States, is-

1. A combined shipping container and display holder comprising a combined container and pedestal of sheet material in the form of a frustum of a pyramid having provisions for supporting devices to be shipped and displayed around and on the upper smaller end of the frustum and having provisions for supporting dev ces to be shlpped and stored around the inside of the lower larger end of the frustum.

2. A combined shipping container and display holder comprising a hollow upright tapering base of sheet material, and means for supporting devices to be shipped and displayed around the outside of said base and having provisions for supportin devices to be ship ed and stored aroun the inside of said ho ow base.

3. A display holder comprising a hollow upright tapering base of sheet material having slits in its side lying in a transverse horizontal lane, and means for supporting devices to be displayed around the outside of said base comprising a member of sheet material having a body portion lying inside said hollow base in the plane of said slots and having ear portions extending from said body portion through said slots, said ear portions having provisions for supporting the articles to be displayed.

4. A display holder comprising a hollow upright tapering base of sheet material having slits in its side lying in a transverse horizontal plane, and means for supportin devices to be displayed around the outsi e of said base comprising a member of sheet material having a body portion lying inside said hollow base in the plane of sai slots and having ear portions extending from said body portion through said slots, said ear portions having apertures therein to receive the articles to be displayed.

5. A display holder comprising a hollow 0? a rustum of a pyramid and having means for supporting devices to be shipped and stored around the inside of the lower larger end of the frustum, said means comprising a member of sheet material having a body portion lying in a plane transverse to the axis of the frustum and extendin to all sides thereof, and having flap ortlons engaging the inner sides of the rustum and secured thereto, said body portion having openings therein to receive the devices to be shipped and stored.

6. A combined shipping container and display holder COIIlPIlSlIlg a combined container and pedestal of sheet material in the form of a frustum of a pyramid, and havin means for supporting devices to be shlpped and displayed around the outside of the upper sma ler end of the frustum and having means for supporting the devices to be shipped and stored around the inside of the lower larger end of the frustum, said means for supporting devices to be shipped and displayed around the outside of the frustum comprising a. member of sheet ma terial having a body portionlyin inside said frustum adjacent the smal er end thereof, and having ear ortions extending through the walls of sai frustum, said ear portions having openings therein to receive the devices, and said means for supporting the devices to be shipped and stored around the inside of the frustum comprising a member of sheet material having a body portion lying in a plane transverse to the axis of the frustum and extending to all sides thereof and having flap portions engaging the inner sides of the frustum and secured thereto, said body portion having openings therein to receive the devices .to be shipped and stored.

7. A combined shipping container and display holder comprlsmg a hollow upright taperin base of sheet material, and having ht base of sheet material in the form means or supporting devices to be shi ped and displayed around the outside 0 the upper smaller end of the base and having means for supporting the devices to be shipped and stored around the inside of the lower larger end of the base, said means for supporting devices to be shipped and displayed around the outside of the base comprising a member of sheet material having a body portion lying inside said base adjacent the smaller end thereof and having ear portions extending through the walls of said ase, said ear portions having'openings therein to receive the devices, and said means for supporting the devices to be shipped and stored around the inside of the base comprising a member of sheetmateriel having a body portion lying in a plane transverse to the axis of the base and en tending to the inner side of the base, and

havin flap portions en aging the inner side of thei base and securegi thereto, said body portion having openings therein to receive 10 the devices to be shipped and stored.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

DUNQAN B. GKIE. 

